---
id: CVE-2025-38232
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  NFSD: fix race between nfsd registration and exports_proc

  As of now nfsd calls create_proc_exports_entry() at start of init_nfsd
  and cleanup by remove_proc_entry() at …
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  NFSD: fix race between nfsd registration and exports_proc

  As of now nfsd calls create_proc_exports_entry() at start of init_nfsd
  and cleanup by remove_proc_entry() at …
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-362
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - linux_kernel < 6.12.35
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.4'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.15.4
published: '2025-07-04'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:17:52.913'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38232'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2029ca75cdfa6a25716a5a76b751486cce7e3822'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327011a2bb4f7de9c72b891a96ce8d902828bddf'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49b57b98fa601ae6cc7897bab4515129da8290f7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8120e420013d947c890f358f30a2d98ba8ac20bc'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88d6785c173a7c4de05bef8c4fd8a9b42ead02d5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7fb730cac9aafda8b9813b55d04e28a9664d17c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00168
epssPercentile: 0.06146
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-06-10T20:41:24.428809Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.997Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

NFSD: fix race between nfsd registration and exports_proc

As of now nfsd calls create_proc_exports_entry() at start of init_nfsd
and cleanup by remove_proc_entry() at last of exit_nfsd.

Which causes kernel OOPs if there is race between below 2 operations:
(i) exportfs -r
(ii) mount -t nfsd none /proc/fs/nfsd

for 5.4 kernel ARM64:

CPU 1:
el1_irq+0xbc/0x180
arch_counter_get_cntvct+0x14/0x18
running_clock+0xc/0x18
preempt_count_add+0x88/0x110
prep_new_page+0xb0/0x220
get_page_from_freelist+0x2d8/0x1778
__alloc_pages_nodemask+0x15c/0xef0
__vmalloc_node_range+0x28c/0x478
__vmalloc_node_flags_caller+0x8c/0xb0
kvmalloc_node+0x88/0xe0
nfsd_init_net+0x6c/0x108 [nfsd]
ops_init+0x44/0x170
register_pernet_operations+0x114/0x270
register_pernet_subsys+0x34/0x50
init_nfsd+0xa8/0x718 [nfsd]
do_one_initcall+0x54/0x2e0

CPU 2 :
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010

PC is at : exports_net_open+0x50/0x68 [nfsd]

Call trace:
exports_net_open+0x50/0x68 [nfsd]
exports_proc_open+0x2c/0x38 [nfsd]
proc_reg_open+0xb8/0x198
do_dentry_open+0x1c4/0x418
vfs_open+0x38/0x48
path_openat+0x28c/0xf18
do_filp_open+0x70/0xe8
do_sys_open+0x154/0x248

Sometimes it crashes at exports_net_open() and sometimes cache_seq_next_rcu().

and same is happening on latest 6.14 kernel as well:

[    0.000000] Linux version 6.14.0-rc5-next-20250304-dirty
...
[  285.455918] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00001f4800001f48
...
[  285.464902] pc : cache_seq_next_rcu+0x78/0xa4
...
[  285.469695] Call trace:
[  285.470083]  cache_seq_next_rcu+0x78/0xa4 (P)
[  285.470488]  seq_read+0xe0/0x11c
[  285.470675]  proc_reg_read+0x9c/0xf0
[  285.470874]  vfs_read+0xc4/0x2fc
[  285.471057]  ksys_read+0x6c/0xf4
[  285.471231]  __arm64_sys_read+0x1c/0x28
[  285.471428]  invoke_syscall+0x44/0x100
[  285.471633]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
[  285.471870]  do_el0_svc_compat+0x1c/0x34
[  285.472073]  el0_svc_compat+0x2c/0x80
[  285.472265]  el0t_32_sync_handler+0x90/0x140
[  285.472473]  el0t_32_sync+0x19c/0x1a0
[  285.472887] Code: f9400885 93407c23 937d7c27 11000421 (f86378a3)
[  285.473422] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

It reproduced simply with below script:
while [ 1 ]
do
/exportfs -r
done &

while [ 1 ]
do
insmod /nfsd.ko
mount -t nfsd none /proc/fs/nfsd
umount /proc/fs/nfsd
rmmod nfsd
done &

So exporting interfaces to user space shall be done at last and
cleanup at first place.

With change there is no Kernel OOPs.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel < 6.12.35`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.15.4`